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FTSE and ASFA set after-tax world alight

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2009
Index provider FTSE and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have created a series of indices that will, for the first time, compare fund manager performance on an after-tax basis, following calls from super fund trustees that ...

CSRF lends more weight to domestic equities

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2009
Following its latest asset allocation review, the $2.9 billion-plus Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (CSRF) is set to introduce a "bias to Australian shares" across all its investment options bar one, at the expense of international equities. ...

Tyndall share fund wins four stars

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2009
The Tyndall Australian Share Income Fund has been given a four star "new" rating by ratings house Standard & Poor's. According to S&P's, the Tyndall Australian Share Income Fund which is a new product designed by Tyndall Investment Management Ltd. to ...

Aurora Trust delivers 13pc

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2008
Investors keen to stay in the black despite the market doldrums should look no further than Aurora's Sandringham Dividend Income trust. Sandringham's low double-digit returns may have been ho-hum during the bull years but this year's 12.76 per cent ...

JPMorgan launches IQ Instalment Warrants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2008
JPMorgan's latest product, IQ Instalment Warrants, allows retail investors to gear up investments across ASX 100, iShares Exchange Traded Funds and State Street's SPDR S&P/ASX 200 Fund. The JPMorgan IQ Instalment Warrants allow investors buy into 50 ...

van Eyk reviews equity income

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
Research house van Eyk has reviewed the Australian equity income sector for the first time following growing retiree interest in the strategy. The research firm stated equity income managers should seek to deliver, at a minimum, two per cent above the ...

AMP launches SMA platform

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2008
AMP has launched a separately managed account (SMA) platform, developed specifically for Hillross Financial Services clients, in a bid to better manage the direct equities portion of their clients' portfolios. The new Personalised Portfolio service ...

Perpetual offers low cost Gift Fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
Perpetual Foundation has developed its Gift Fund which allows organisations and individuals to easily create an on-going donation fund fast. The Gift Fund is a professionally managed product that can be formed in roughly two days with an initial $20,000 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2008
... short sold," Mr Smith said. "None of the locals would sell Commonwealth Bank with a $1.13 dividend in it with franking credit unless they knew something that somebody else didn't know." Mr Smith said the miners were "holding alright" but he expected ...

Direct equities gain ground in platforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2008
Fund managers can't afford to be complacent after leading platform groups noted a marked shift of fund flows to direct equities instead of managed funds. Anthony Waldron, superannuation and investment manager at MLC, said that while inflows into their ...